INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Kevin Garnett had 29 points and a season-high 19 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Indiana Pacers 78-71 on Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
Jamaal Tinsley scored 22 points and Jermaine O'Neal added 11 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Pacers despite battling the flu.
The Pacers had won two in a row and four of five. They took a one-point lead into the fourth quarter, but shot 5-for-20 in the final period and finished with their lowest point total of the season.
Minnesota won despite shooting 39 percent from the field and having just two players score in double figures.
Indiana shot 75 percent in the first quarter, but 39 percent for the game.
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The Pacers took a 32-20 lead after one quarter. They led by as many as 16 points in the second quarter and were ahead 50-40 at halftime.
Minnesota started the second half on an 8-0 run, including two baskets by Garnett and two by Justin Reed, to cut Indiana's lead to 50-48.
The Timberwolves tied it at 51 on Craig Smith's free throw with 5:44 left in the third quarter and finally took a 57-55 lead on Garnett's long jumper.
The Pacers made just two field goals in the third quarter, but Sarunas Jasikevicius made a key one, a short leaning jumper in the lane with 9.6 seconds left. He was fouled on the shot and made the free throw to give the Pacers a 58-57 lead at the end of the period.
The Pacers failed to take advantage of getting the Timberwolves into the penalty with more than 6 minutes left in the third period and got away with shooting 2-for-16 from the field in the quarter.
NOTES: Minnesota G Trenton Hassell was deactivated before the game because of the flu. A team spokesman said Hassell woke up ill Saturday morning and stayed at the team hotel. Hassell had started every game this season, and the Timberwolves had used the same starting lineup for all 22 games. ... Minnesota F Mark Madsen airballed a free throw attempt in the first quarter and some of his own teammates laughed at him.
